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Cory Booker sets US Senate record with 24-hour speech against Trump
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US Senator Cory Booker, a Democrat from New Jersey, speaks on the Senate floor, April 1, 2025. (Senate Television via AP)
Democrat Cory Booker sets a record for the longest speech in US Senate history after speaking for more than 24 hours, a dramatic gesture highlighting what he says is President Donald Trump’s threat to US democracy.
Booker is still talking after 24 hours and 20 minutes on the Senate floor, breaking the record set in 1957 by Strom Thurmond in a speech opposing the Civil Rights Act.
When he was 19 hours into the marathon speech, Booker deployed his famous facility with Hebrew to proclaim, “Hineni,” I am here.
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